not using the complete path in deserializing JSON file

Question

I deserialize a JSON File in the code below I don't want to use the complete path and if I run this project on any system I won't have any problem. what should I do?

 public static List<DtoCustomer> Deserialize()
            {


            List<DtoCustomer> result =
                    JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<DtoCustomer>>(
                        File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\Customers\Customers\Properties\customer.json"));
                return result;
            }
        }

What do you mean you don't want to use the complete path? Relative path instead? — Esteban Verbel, Dec 10 '19 at 14:12
yes, I want to write the path so it would run on any computer and I do not have to change the path all over again every time. — nazanin77, Dec 10 '19 at 14:14
And how is the path to the file defined? User input? Or on your program's directory? — Esteban Verbel, Dec 10 '19 at 14:24
the file is in the program folder. I used properties to get the path — nazanin77, Dec 10 '19 at 14:26
Does this answer your question? [How to get relative path of a file in visual studio?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13342123/how-to-get-relative-path-of-a-file-in-visual-studio) — Esteban Verbel, Dec 10 '19 at 14:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '19 at 14:57

You can use the "current directory" of the application instance (see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.directory.getcurrentdirectory?view=netframework-4.8)

System.IO.GetCurrentDirectory()

However, that will get you the "current working directory" and is not necessarily the same as the directory where the program executable resides. If you want that, have a look at Getting the absolute path of the executable, using C#?

Application.ExecutablePath

not using the complete path in deserializing JSON file

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